Student Examples of Ways to Extract Meaning from Art

By |March 21st, 2017|Africa, African Studies, Anthropology/Archaeology, Archaeological, Art & Art History, Asia, Asian Studies, Australia, BCE, Biology, Books/Manuscripts, CE, Ceramics, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Communication, Computer Science, Economics, English, Europe, Full Semester, Gallery Exercise/Tour, Geology, Group Assignment, History, Individual Assignment, Middle East, Mixed-media, Modern Languages, Museum Staff, Museum Studies / Curatorial Studies, Music, Neuroscience, New media, North America, Object Study, Painting, Photography, Physics, Political Science, Public Art/Monument, Religious Studies, Sculpture, Sociology, South America, Southeast Asia, Textiles, The College of Wooster, Urban Studies, Women & Gender Studies, Works on paper|

Description: Compiled from thirteen junior studio art majors, this list is the result of an assignment that asked the students [...]

Response-Centered Peer Review for Extended Object Labels

By |March 21st, 2017|Africa, African Studies, Anthropology/Archaeology, Archaeological, Art & Art History, Asia, Asian Studies, Australia, BCE, Biology, Books/Manuscripts, CE, Ceramics, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Communication, Computer Science, Course-embedded Exhibition Assignment, Economics, English, Europe, Full Semester, Geology, Group Assignment, Half Semester, History, Label Writing/Editing, Middle East, Mixed-media, Modern Languages, Museum Staff, Museum Studies / Curatorial Studies, Music, Neuroscience, New media, North America, Object Study, Other, Painting, Photography, Physics, Political Science, Public Art/Monument, Religious Studies, Sculpture, Senior Seminar, Sociology, South America, Southeast Asia, Textiles, The College of Wooster, Urban Studies, Women & Gender Studies, Works on paper, Writing Intensive|

Response Centered Peer ReviewDescription: Adapted from "Engaged Ideas," by John C. Bean, this assignment pairs students in a response-centered editing [...]

Questions for Unidentified Objects

By |March 21st, 2017|Africa, African Studies, Anthropology/Archaeology, Archaeological, Art & Art History, Asia, Asian Studies, Australia, BCE, Biology, Books/Manuscripts, CE, Ceramics, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Communication, Computer Science, Course-embedded Exhibition Assignment, Economics, English, Europe, First Year Seminar, Full Semester, Gallery Exercise/Tour, Geology, Group Assignment, Half Semester, History, Individual Assignment, Middle East, Mixed-media, Modern Languages, Museum Staff, Museum Studies / Curatorial Studies, Music, Neuroscience, New media, North America, Object Study, One Class Session, Other, Painting, Photography, Physics, Political Science, Public Art/Monument, Religious Studies, Sculpture, Senior Seminar, Sociology, South America, Southeast Asia, Textiles, The College of Wooster, Two or More Class Sessions, Urban Studies, Winter Term/Summer Term Offering, Women & Gender Studies, Works on paper, Writing Intensive|

Description: We often encounter objects about which there is no information. This list of questions can be utilized with students [...]

Poetry and Painting in the 17th Century

By |June 2nd, 2017|Art & Art History, CE, Classical Studies, Course-embedded Exhibition Assignment, English, Europe, Full Semester, Group Assignment, Label Writing/Editing, Mixed-media, Modern Languages, Museum Staff, Museum Studies / Curatorial Studies, Oberlin College, Object Study, One Class Session, Public Art/Monument, Religious Studies, Two or More Class Sessions, Women & Gender Studies, Writing Intensive|

Description: In October 2015, Professor of English, Nicholas Jones asked students in his English Renaissance Poetry (ENGL 313) to write [...]

Observation Prompts for the Gallery/Museum Tour

By |July 14th, 2016|Africa, African Studies, Anthropology/Archaeology, Archaeological, Art & Art History, Asia, Asian Studies, Australia, BCE, Biology, Books/Manuscripts, CE, Ceramics, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Communication, Computer Science, Economics, English, Europe, Gallery Exercise/Tour, Geology, Group Assignment, History, Individual Assignment, Middle East, Mixed-media, Modern Languages, Museum Staff, Museum Studies / Curatorial Studies, Music, Neuroscience, New media, North America, Object Study, One Class Session, Painting, Photography, Physics, Political Science, Public Art/Monument, Religious Studies, Sculpture, Sociology, South America, Southeast Asia, Textiles, The College of Wooster, Urban Studies, Women & Gender Studies, Works on paper, Writing Intensive|

Description: This assignment breaks down the steps to close looking, from arrival at the gallery or museum to how to [...]

Museum Cart for Russian Studies

By |July 15th, 2016|Anthropology/Archaeology, Art & Art History, Asia, Books/Manuscripts, CE, Ceramics, DePauw University, Europe, Full Semester, Group Assignment, History, Individual Assignment, Mixed-media, Modern Languages, Museum Staff, Object Study, One Class Session, Other, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sculpture, Sociology, Two or More Class Sessions|

Description: Oct 10, 2012 - Students examine and discuss ethnic objects from Eastern Europe as part of Professor Masha Belyavski-Frank's [...]

French Diction Exercise

By |October 7th, 2016|CE, DePauw University, Europe, Faculty, Full Semester, Group Assignment, Individual Assignment, Modern Languages, Music, New media, Painting, Works on paper|

Description: This assignment was created for the course, “French Diction for Singers.” Students were asked to study works of art [...]

Critiquing Museum Exhibitions

By |July 15th, 2016|Africa, African Studies, Anthropology/Archaeology, Archaeological, Art & Art History, Asia, Asian Studies, Australia, BCE, Biology, Books/Manuscripts, CE, Ceramics, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Communication, Computer Science, DePauw University, Economics, English, Europe, Exhibition Critique, Gallery Exercise/Tour, Geology, Group Assignment, History, Middle East, Mixed-media, Modern Languages, Museum Staff, Museum Studies / Curatorial Studies, Music, Neuroscience, New media, North America, Other, Painting, Photography, Physics, Political Science, Public Art/Monument, Religious Studies, Sculpture, Sociology, South America, Southeast Asia, Textiles, Urban Studies, Winter Term/Summer Term Offering, Women & Gender Studies, Works on paper|

Description: This assignment has been used to break students into groups as follows: Working in groups of three, choose one [...]

Close Looking Activities from the AMAM

By |May 25th, 2017|African Studies, Anthropology/Archaeology, Art & Art History, Asia, Asian Studies, CE, Ceramics, Communication, Economics, English, Europe, First Year Seminar, Full Semester, Group Assignment, Half Semester, History, Individual Assignment, Middle East, Modern Languages, Museum Staff, Museum Studies / Curatorial Studies, Music, Neuroscience, North America, Oberlin College, Object Study, One Class Session, Other, Painting, Photography, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sculpture, Senior Seminar, Sociology, Two or More Class Sessions, Winter Term/Summer Term Offering, Women & Gender Studies, Works on paper, Writing Intensive|

Description: Sample group activities designed by Liliana Milkova, Curator of Academic Programs, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. These activities [...]